advocate

英 ['ædvəkeɪt] 美 ['ædvəkeɪt]

• v. 提倡；主张
• n. 拥护者；提倡者；律师；辩护者

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 提倡,主张

   speak publicly in support of

n. (名词)

1. [C]提倡者,拥护者

   a person who supports or speaks in favor a cause, policy, etc.

2. [C]辩护律师,辩护人

   a person, especially a lawyer, who speaks in defence of or in favor of another person

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 提倡，拥护，支持，主张，鼓吹
2. 辩护，为…辩护
3. 提出

n. 名词

1. 拥护者，提倡者，鼓吹者，赞成...的人，支持者
2. 律师，辩护者 ，辩护律师
3. 《鼓动报》

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

2. a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Verb:

1. push for something;

   "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
   

2. speak, plead, or argue in favor of;

   "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Many educators advocate a liberal education.
   很多教育家提倡通才教育。
2. We don't advocate learning by rote.
   死记硬背的学习方法，我们是不提倡的。
3. Many people advocate building more hospitals.
   许多人主张增设医院。
4. We advocate higher salaries for teachers.
   我们主张涨老师的工资。

用作名词 (n.)

1. She is a passionate advocate of education reform.
   她是一名教育改革的热情拥护者。
2. This judge is a strong advocate of prison reform.
   这位法官是监狱改革的坚决拥护者。
3. The advocate has undertaken my case.
   律师己接受我的案子。
4. He got the best advocate in town to defend him.
   他请城里最好的律师为他辩护。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He advocated caution.
   他赞成遇事谨慎。
2. We advocate late marriage.
   我们提倡晚婚。
3. We advocate temperance.
   我们主张禁酒。
4. They openly advocate free trade.
   他们公开提倡自由贸易。
5. He advocated the spread of education.
   他提倡普及教育。
6. He advocates the return of capital punishment.
   他主张恢复死刑。
7. The group does not advocate the use of violence.
   该团体不支持使用暴力。
8. The president advocated health care reform.
   总统主张改革保健制度。
9. They advocate higher salaries for teachers.
   他们主张提高教师的薪水。
10. He firmly advocated the creation of a permanent United Nations.
    他坚决主张建立一个永久性的联合国。
11. He advocates a reduction in military spending.
    他主张削减军费开支。
12. They have been violently advocating neutrality.
    他们一直激烈地鼓吹中立。
13. We have always advocated concern for the livelihood of the masses and opposed bureaucracy, which is callous to their well-being.
    我们历来提倡关心群众生活，反对不关心群众痛痒的官僚主义。

S+～+ v -ing

1. Do you advocate accepting the offer?
   你是否主张接受这个报价？
2. I do not advocate doing such things.
   我不主张干这样的事情。
3. He advocated building more good roads.
   他主张修筑更多的好公路。
4. I do not advocate building large factories.
   我不主张建大工厂。
5. At that time, he advocated fleeting to the south.
   当时，他主张南下逃跑。
6. Many people advocate building more schools.
   许多人主张设立更多学校。
7. She advocated our withdrawing from the contest.
   她主张我们退出比赛。
8. She advocates taking a more long-term view.
   她主张采取更长远的考虑方法。
9. He firmly advocates building a hospital in the area.
   他坚决主张在该地区建立一所医院。
10. Many experts advocate rewarding your child for good behaviour.
    很多专家主张对小孩的良好表现加以奖励。
11. Many people advocate keeping all children at school until the age of sixteen.
    许多人主张所有的孩子应在学校学到16岁。

S+～+that-clause

1. They advocate that strikes be banned.
   他们主张禁止罢工。
2. He advocated that Britain (should) join the alliance.
   他主张英国应加入同盟国。
3. They advocated that we should establish a day-care center.
   他们主张我们可以建立日间托儿所。
4. The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors.
   报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
5. He advocated with passionate eloquence that one candidate withdraw from the presidential election.
   他激昂雄辩地主张一位候选人退出总统竞选。

其他

1. There is no point advocating improved public transport unless we can pay for it.
   提倡改善公共交通毫无意义，除非我们能支付得起改善的费用。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He is a lifelong advocate of disarmament.
   他是一位为裁军奋斗终生的人。
2. He is an advocate of more airplanes and fewer warships.
   他是一个提倡多造飞机、少造军舰的人。
3. He got the best advocate in town to defend him.
   他请城里最好的律师为他辩护。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• advocate a reform of the tax system 主张改革税收制度
• advocate a reduction in military spending 主张削减军费开支
• advocate a theory 宣扬一种理论
• advocate a view 提出一种看法
• advocate building more elementary schools 主张建造更多的小学
• advocate early rising 主张早起
• advocate economic reform 主张经济改革
• advocate family planning 提倡计划生育
• advocate free competition 主张自由竞争
• advocate free trade 提倡自由贸易
• advocate nonviolence 鼓吹非暴力主义
• advocate self-defence 主张自卫
• advocate self-reliance 主张自力更生
• advocate the revision of the rules 主张修改规章

副词+～

• firmly advocate 坚决主张
• openly advocate 公开主张
• passionately advocate 热烈拥护
• strongly advocate 强烈主张
• warmly advocate 热烈拥护

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• aggressive advocate 积极进取的提倡者
• blind advocate 盲目的鼓吹者
• sincere advocate 诚挚的拥护者
• strong advocate 坚决的拥护者

名词+～

• client advocate 当事人律师
• patient advocate 主张维护病人利益者

～+介词

• advocate for the oppressed 替被压迫者辩护的人
• advocate of equal pay for men and women 提倡男女同酬者
• advocate of peace 提倡和平的人
• advocate of reform 支持改革的人
• advocate of the oppressed 替被压迫者辩护的人

词语用法

1. advocate属及物动词，后不可加介词，如不可说He advocates for reform；
2. advocate后较少接that从句，如不常说He advocates that due attention (should) be paid to reform；
3. advocate后可接动名词，不可接不定式。

   We advocate stopping the practice.

v. (动词)

1. advocate用作及物动词的基本意思是“提倡,主张”,指支持或拥护某事物或做某事。接名词、代词或动名词作宾语,偶尔还可接that从句,从句中的谓语动词要用虚拟式。

n. (名词)

1. advocate用作名词的基本意思是“提倡者,拥护者”,指对某一事业、方针、政策等的支持者、拥护者、提倡者、鼓吹者,其后常接介词of。
2. advocate还可指大陆法系国家的“辩护律师,辩护人”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

advocate, agitate for, air, preach

• 这组词语都有“鼓吹”的意思。其区别在于:preach指认为正当或有价值而极力主张; advocate指公开宣扬一种计划或主张; agitate for则指公开极力宣扬或强烈反对某些政治或社会变革; 而air则指大声宣扬自己的思想、观点或抱怨等。

advocate, support, uphold

• 这组词的共同意思是“支援,赞助”。其区别在于:support指道义上或物质上支持某人,也可指对一项事业的支持或赞助; advocate指通过发表演说或写文章来表示支持、拥护,常暗示提倡某事或为某事辩护; uphold指把快要倒下的东西扶直并撑稳,引申指支持正受到攻击或挑战的某人或某事。例如:
• I was supported by him both materially and spiritually.我既得到了他的物质支持,也得到了他的精神支持。
• He advocated building more good roads.他主张修筑更多的好公路。
• He upheld his brother's honor.他维护他兄弟的名誉。

n. (名词)

advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counselor, lawyer, solicitor

• 这组词的共同含意是“律师”。lawyer是律师的总称; barrister是英国的出庭律师; solicitor是英国的初级律师,为barrister的出庭准备材料; counsel, counselor和attorney都用于美国, counselor可指律师,也可指法律顾问, counsel意思与counselor相同,但可用于复数,即“辩方”, attorney主要指法律或财务方面的代理人; 而advocate则指大陆法系国家的律师。

attorney，lawyer，counsel，advocate

• 这些名词均含有“律师”之意。
• attorney主要用于美国，指代理当事人处理遗嘱检验等法律事务的律师，有时可与lawyer通用，泛指辩护律师。
• lawyer普通用词，指精通法律规则并有权以法律代理人或顾问身份在法庭上执行法律或为委托人服务的人。
• counsel指单独或集体为当事人提供咨询或出庭处理案件的法律顾问或律师。
• advocate专指以罗马法律的基本法制的一些国家的(如苏格兰等)和一些特别法庭的律师；也可指出庭辩护的律师。

back，uphold，support，sustain，advocate

• 这些动词均有“支持，支援，拥护”之意。
• back通常指对论点、行动、事业等的强有力支持。
• uphold既可指积极努力对陷入困境者的支持，也可指给某人在行动、道义或信仰上的支持。
• support含义广泛，多指在道义上或物质上支持某人，也可指对某项事业的支持。
• sustain侧重指连续不断的支持。
• advocate多指通过写文章或发表演说等来支持或拥护，往往暗示提倡某事或为某事辩护。

recommend，advocate，propose，suggest，prescribe

• 这些动词均含“劝告、主张、建议”之意。
• recommend指向对方提出公开的建议或规劝。
• advocate指公开表明对某事或某行为的完全赞同，语气强于recommend。
• propose多指较正式地提出建议。
• suggest语气较委婉，指提出不成熟的建议或参见意见。
• prescribe多指医生开处方。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的avocat；最初源自拉丁语的advocatus，意为被召唤助人者。

近反义词

【近义词】

• defend
• maintain
• support
• friend
• lawyer

【反义词】

• oppose